Sale: Triton V, Lot: 1822. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 January 2002.  Sold For $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Pomponius Rufus. 73 BC. AR Denarius (3.71 gm). RVFVS S C, laureate head of Jupiter right / Eagle standing left on sceptre, head right, holding wreath in claw; I before, bee behind; Q POMPONI in exergue. Crawford 398/1; Sydenham 793; BMCRR 3331-3334 var. (different number and symbol); Pomponia 23. Toned, near VF, flatly struck and somewhat porous. Extremely rare, in fact one of the rarest denarii in the entire Republican series. An important opportunity. ($500)